—Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (1854–1929) earned her Doctorate in the University of Amsterdam in 1879,pioneering the women’s liberation movement. She later opened her practice as a medical doctorat the Herengracht. Above, there are images from her publication “The woman” recreating woman’s anatomy in a simpleand informative manner, yet with a firm face that looks for an encounter with the eyes of thereader, almost re-affirming women’s rights to knowledge.